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Business or Personal? Facebook is making people think thrice about how much to share (PART 2)

Time for another round of insights, since it’s been a while since I’ve weighed in on this and lots has happened since.
Let’s talk about photographs. One of my passions! Love shooting them, love sharing them. I could easily be a professional, but instead I choose to work inside the industry and enjoy my photography as [...]

JPG Magazine

It’s interesting that the things I like find me :) Got a visit from some people at JPG Magazine, and a lesson in what their website and magazine are all about. First impression: Very cool.
Why? Well, as far as I know, they are the only magazine this month to feature Wayne Coyne on the cover [...]

Business or personal? Facebook is making people think thrice about how much to share

It’s intriguing to me to see what people choose and do not choose to share on Facebook. Right now, I see a some interesting things happening:
1) Business contacts only commenting lightly on personal matters, such as birthday wishes, but tentatively promoting work-related things of interest.
2) Friends adapting to the notification system in Facebook, such as becoming acutely [...]

Facebook advertising is growing up, but needs to keep growing

I posted this on my Facebook wall:
I am laughing at the ads Facebook chooses to serve me. I mean seriously. Just because I’m single, straight and male, it’s appropriate to show me pictures of “hotties” and wedding rings? Grow up, advertising! And grow up advertisers!
Contextual advertising has a looooooong way to go! At least you [...]

You are what you believe.

Time for truth. It’s undoubtedly debatable in an endless manner that “truth” is relative. I aim to agree with that, and if you follow, you’ll agree that it’s ridiculous for me to start out by stating it’s time or truth. Nonetheless, I do.
Ponder this simple statement, “You are what you believe.”
Add to this, “… not what [...]

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